Articles on Spiritual Thoughts and Religion
4 new members in Satya Sai Trust
Satya Sai Central Trust inducted 4 new members on Guru Purnima day. With their inclusion, total number of trust members increased to nine. Satya Sai Trust credibility reached all time low due to recent controversies. AP Government already studying the reports submitted by the Trust. Ratnakar group succeeded in excluding Satyajit, Satya Sai [...]
Koli Alwar Tirumanjanam in Tirumala
‘Koil Alwar Tirumanjanam’ was performed at Lord Venkateswara temple on Tuesday on the occasion of ensuing UGADI. Koil Alwar means ‘Holy Shrine’. The main purpose of performing koil Tirumanjanam is purification of sanctum santorum and temple premises. During the cermony, all the murtis and other articles are removed from [...]
Income of Andhra temples
Source: Deccan Chronicle Income of famous Andhra temples: Kanipaka “Sri varasiddhi Vinayaka Swamy temple” recorded 700% growth in income in last 10 years. Among top 6, 3 temples are from Chittoor district. S.No Temple Place Income Income 2000 2010 [...]
Top 10 GODs in India
Sunday Indian magazine conducted an opinion poll among Hindus, Sikhs and Christians to know about most popular GOD (??!!) in India. Sample was taken according to the census profile (more Hindus). TSI-Cvoter conducted this opinion poll on 5,312 people in 21 states. Muslims are not taken into account. According to the [...]
Jainism
Jainism is one of the religions which originated in India. Some say that Jainism may be even older than Hinduism itself. First of all the word ‘Jain’ is derived from the word ‘Jina’ which means ‘the one who has conquered’. The 24 Tirthankaras are considered as Jinas. Tirthankaras are those who find enlightenment [...]
“Tat Tvam Asi” – Thou Art That
Vedantic thought can be classified into three schools – Advaita, Vishishtadvaita and Dvaita. “Tat tvam asi” or “Thou art that” is a sentence found in the Vedanta (literally means the end of the Vedas). The Advaitists take this as proof of the rightness of their philosophy that God and the self [...]
The Story of Krishna’s Birth- A Poem
One day, thousands of years ago, in Vaikuntha, the realm of Vishnu, the Lord was resting on Adishesha. As he looked down, he saw that forces of evil overwhelmed Bhoomidevi; the innocent suffered, wickedness prevailed. The Lord of the Universe, in all His mercy decided that [...]
Naga Panchami
The worship of nature has been a practice in India since ancient times. Our ancestors without making a big show out of it were more aware of the environment than we are today. It would be quite hard to find anything that they did not worship. Fire, air, water, trees, animals, birds –they [...]
On the occasion of Guru Poornima
“Gururbrahma gururvishnuh gururdevo maheshwarah Gurursakshath parabrahma tasmai sreeguravenamah” “I pay obeisance to the Guru who is Brahma, who is Vishnu, who is Shiva, who is the Supreme Brahman itself.” The full moon day of the Ashadha month in the Hindu calendar is dedicated to the Guru and is celebrated [...]
All in the name of God..
Religion, they say, has killed more people than all wars put together. Irrespective of whether this statement is accurate or not, one has to admit that organised religion has caused at least as many problems as it has solved ; and if it takes the credit of having saved many souls, the blame [...]
